Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.8741
Beata Stępień-Załucka, Joanna Uliasz
Human dignity is an absolute value, as no one in particular needs to be convinced of this in principle. However, the real test of the defence of this value is in times of crises of various kinds. Humanitarian aid, in turn, is seen as a kind of panacea for these crises, not least in the context of protecting human dignity. This statement is particularly relevant today. This is because a key question arises as to whether Poland as a country has succeeded in implementing the right to humanitarian aid and has managed to protect the dignity of Ukrainian citizens during the period of full-scale war in their country. The answer to this question will be included in the authors' considerations. Thus, the aim of the study is to verify the theses that the authors seek to prove in their deliberations that the right to humanitarian aid is aimed at protecting the dignity of those directly exposed to danger as a result of wars and disasters, and in the case studied – the war in Ukraine. In addition, the authors seek to demonstrate that the Polish state, by adopting the law of 12 March 2022 on assistance to citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of the country, has realised and continues to realise the obligation to protect human dignity and the right to humanitarian assistance. A theoretical-legal and dogmatic-legal method will be used to verify these theses.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.8647
Mieczysław Oliwa
This article discusses the problem of the position of a disabled person appearing in executive criminal proceedings. Due to the wide range of topics concerning both the disability itself and the rights and obligations of people with disabilities in various aspects of life, the author focuses on issues related to the position of a disabled person in the course of executive proceedings. In particular, the considerations concern the access of a disabled person, including a convicted disabled person, to a court, understood not only as a constitutional right, but also the use and access to a building intended for the needs of the judiciary. Due to not only domestic, but also international legal regulations introducing solutions in the field of enabling and facilitating the effective participation of disabled persons in conducted proceedings, the situation of disabled persons as parties to enforcement proceedings has significantly improved in terms of securing their rights and obligations. This is manifested in particular by better access for people with disabilities to buildings, signage in buildings in Braille and in forms easier to read and understand, and finally by providing assistance from officials and employees as well as other people, including professional representatives or sign language interpreters.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.8715
Michał Matusiak
The paper presented above aims to present methods of enforcement of deprivation of liberty sentenced by the International Criminal Court. Roots of this problem are connected to international specific of the tribunal, which does not dispose its own penitentiary system. According to that, international tribunals are forced to use prisons of states, parties to the agreements establishing court. Aiming to define adopted model, article includes analysis of the key international acts for organization and proceeding of International Criminal Court and model of international agreement, adopted in case of will of state to accept sentenced. Moreover, there is analysis of judgement of International Criminal Court to describe experience of court in such issue. For presentation of evolution of the international law article shows also historical ways of enforcing sentences of imprisonment, adjudicated by Nuremberg Tribunal or tribunals ad hoc. Such analysis leads to conclusion, that there is some kind of model of the enforcing of prison sentenced by international tribunals and it has changed in some way. It is necessary to notice tendency, which are present and whish established actual model. Analysis presents that state, party to the Rome Statute is not automatically obliged to accept sentenced, but this decision is individual and it demands double approval of state, first one general and second one in case.
{"title":"Enforcement of imprisonment sentences of the International Criminal Court","authors":"Michał Matusiak","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0053.8715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.8715","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presented above aims to present methods of enforcement of deprivation of liberty sentenced by the International Criminal Court. Roots of this problem are connected to international specific of the tribunal, which does not dispose its own penitentiary system. According to that, international tribunals are forced to use prisons of states, parties to the agreements establishing court. Aiming to define adopted model, article includes analysis of the key international acts for organization and proceeding of International Criminal Court and model of international agreement, adopted in case of will of state to accept sentenced. Moreover, there is analysis of judgement of International Criminal Court to describe experience of court in such issue. For presentation of evolution of the international law article shows also historical ways of enforcing sentences of imprisonment, adjudicated by Nuremberg Tribunal or tribunals ad hoc. Such analysis leads to conclusion, that there is some kind of model of the enforcing of prison sentenced by international tribunals and it has changed in some way. It is necessary to notice tendency, which are present and whish established actual model. Analysis presents that state, party to the Rome Statute is not automatically obliged to accept sentenced, but this decision is individual and it demands double approval of state, first one general and second one in case.","PeriodicalId":34028,"journal":{"name":"Probacja","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136277049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6691
Patrycja Kozłowska
The purpose of this article is to consider the possibilities and the legitimacy of using various forms of restorative justice in hate crime cases. Advantages of restorative justice programs as ways of responding hate crimes were especially explored and difficulties in implementing them for this category of acts were outlined. The conclusions drawn from the analysis might contribute to increased interest in the issue of combating hate crimes.
{"title":"The use of restorative justice for hate crime opportunities and limitations","authors":"Patrycja Kozłowska","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0053.6691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6691","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to consider the possibilities and the legitimacy of using various forms of restorative justice in hate crime cases. Advantages of restorative justice programs as ways of responding hate crimes were especially explored and difficulties in implementing them for this category of acts were outlined. The conclusions drawn from the analysis might contribute to increased interest in the issue of combating hate crimes.","PeriodicalId":34028,"journal":{"name":"Probacja","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41953814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6692
Krzysztof Stasiak
Referral to a probation centre is an educational measure that is adjudicated on average against 2% of juveniles. It is most often applied to juveniles who show behavior indicative of their demoralization (in about 70%). In the context of the changes that have taken place in the phenomenon of social maladjustment (an increase in the behaviors of juveniles that are indicative of their demoralization; in 2020, in 56% this was the reason for applying educational measures to them), referring a minor to a probation center appears to be one of the better means of influencing a minor, as the centre is a facility that has extensive experience in working with demoralized persons. This argues for further development of probation centres, both in organizational and methodical spheres. The new Act on the Support and Re-socialisation of Juveniles, which replaced the Act on the Proceedings in Juvenile Matters, modifies the basic purpose of a probation centre and transforms it from a primarily preventive facility into a typical educational and re-socialisation facility. The proposed changes go in the right direction, as they strengthen probation centres in organisational terms. However, it is questionable whether it is appropriate for this Act to regulate the rules for the creation, abolition and organisation of the centre, as these issues are of a systemic nature. A probation centre is undoubtedly an element of the probation service, for which reason the Probation Officers Act seems a more appropriate place to regulate such issues.
{"title":"Referral to a probation centre as an educational measure","authors":"Krzysztof Stasiak","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0053.6692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6692","url":null,"abstract":"Referral to a probation centre is an educational measure that is adjudicated on average against 2% of juveniles. It is most often applied to juveniles who show behavior indicative of their demoralization (in about 70%). In the context of the changes that have taken place in the phenomenon of social maladjustment (an increase in the behaviors of juveniles that are indicative of their demoralization; in 2020, in 56% this was the reason for applying educational measures to them), referring a minor to a probation center appears to be one of the better means of influencing a minor, as the centre is a facility that has extensive experience in working with demoralized persons. This argues for further development of probation centres, both in organizational and methodical spheres. The new Act on the Support and Re-socialisation of Juveniles, which replaced the Act on the Proceedings in Juvenile Matters, modifies the basic purpose of a probation centre and transforms it from a primarily preventive facility into a typical educational and re-socialisation facility. The proposed changes go in the right direction, as they strengthen probation centres in organisational terms. However, it is questionable whether it is appropriate for this Act to regulate the rules for the creation, abolition and organisation of the centre, as these issues are of a systemic nature. A probation centre is undoubtedly an element of the probation service, for which reason the Probation Officers Act seems a more appropriate place to regulate such issues.","PeriodicalId":34028,"journal":{"name":"Probacja","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43608387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6698
P. Kozłowski
The Article sets out the legal bases for the enforcement of the child-rearing measure with a view to transfer to a probation center. The objectives of the work of probation centres were described and the primary function of probation centres was also discussed re-socialisation in the sense of a triad of re-socialisation readaptation reintegration and other functions of probation centres. The areas described are set out in the context of the objectives of dealing with minors, which formally include the prevention of demoralization, the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the creation of living conditions for minors who have violated legal and social norms, and efforts to strengthen the care and education function and the responsibility of parents for their work. Education of minors. Subsequently, criteria were developed for the optimal handling of minors and their implementation in a probation institution.
{"title":"Orodek kuratorski w kierunku optymalnego modelu postpowania z nieletnimi","authors":"P. Kozłowski","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0053.6698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6698","url":null,"abstract":"The Article sets out the legal bases for the enforcement of the child-rearing measure with a view to transfer to a probation center. The objectives of the work of probation centres were described and the primary function of probation centres was also discussed re-socialisation in the sense of a triad of re-socialisation readaptation reintegration and other functions of probation centres. The areas described are set out in the context of the objectives of dealing with minors, which formally include the prevention of demoralization, the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the creation of living conditions for minors who have violated legal and social norms, and efforts to strengthen the care and education function and the responsibility of parents for their work. Education of minors. Subsequently, criteria were developed for the optimal handling of minors and their implementation in a probation institution.","PeriodicalId":34028,"journal":{"name":"Probacja","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47069590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6693
Łukasz Wirkus
The aim of the article is to show the role of family probation officers in preventing juvenile demoralization and crime in the context of the Act of June 9, 2022 on the support and rehabilitation of minors. The considerations were supplemented with a statistical picture of juvenile delinquency in Poland and family court decisions in cases of demoralization and criminal offenses. An example of practical implications is the concept of preventive and social rehabilitation activities at the pre-trial (educational team in school) and judicial levels, which play a significant role in the system of preventing social maladjustment of children and adolescents.
{"title":"The Role of family probation officers in preventing demoralization and juvenile delinquency - selected system solutions","authors":"Łukasz Wirkus","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0053.6693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.6693","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the article is to show the role of family probation officers in preventing juvenile demoralization and crime in the context of the Act of June 9, 2022 on the support and rehabilitation of minors. The considerations were supplemented with a statistical picture of juvenile delinquency in Poland and family court decisions in cases of demoralization and criminal offenses. An example of practical implications is the concept of preventive and social rehabilitation activities at the pre-trial (educational team in school) and judicial levels, which play a significant role in the system of preventing social maladjustment of children and adolescents.","PeriodicalId":34028,"journal":{"name":"Probacja","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45744651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6697
Monika Bieniek-Ciarcińska
This paper presents theoretical considerations on geographic information systems supported by aspects of their practical use in various areas. Its scope ranges from environmental protection, transport, public administration and the commercial use of such systems to crisis infrastructure management based on the example of GIS implementation in tools developed in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. It also discusses the opportunities GIS opens up in the field of conducting criminal analyses in proceedings conducted by law enforcement agencies, including the use of GIS-based solutions for the purpose of building forensic versions, creating maps of security threats, and its usage in geoprofiling as currently the youngest branch of criminal profiling. The report is therefore of an interdisciplinary nature.To achieve the goal within the framework of the adopted methodology, detailed analyses of both Polish and English-language literature were undertaken, with a particular focus on analyses of international programs and tools supported by geographic information systems. However, it must be pointed out that the paper does not contain explanations of the detailed technology used by software developers, considering this matter immaterial to the adopted assumptions, and turns its attention to GIS usage in the field of crisis management and public safety, including in international contexts.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6700
Beata Goworko-Składanek, Tomasz Prymak
The catalog of educational measures provided by law and applied in juvenile proceedings includes, among others, referral to an attendance centre a facility that provides educational, resocialisation, therapeutic, preventive or control measures for minors. The professional guardians/probation officers who organize the work in the centres confirm that the described measure plays an extremely important role in the process of preventing criminal acts and manifestations of demoralization among minors. It is a non-custodial educational measure which plays an extremely important role in the process of resocialization and whose potential is not fully exploited. The aim of the text is to propose legislative changes aimed at giving this form of resocialization influence the character of a sui generis measure, with a broadened catalogue of competences. The analysis is based on the current legislation, as well as on the results of the author's nationwide research conducted in a group of 32 professional probation officers working in probation centres, aimed at recognizing the specificity of work in these institutions.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0053.6858
Radosław Krajewski
The article concerns changes in the limitation periods for sexual offenses committed to the detriment of minors. They took place in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2022 (entering into force on October 1, 2023). Subsequently, these periods were extended. Originally, it was a period of 5 years after the victim turned 18, then not earlier than before he turned 30, and currently he turned 40. The differences also concerned the details of the statute of limitations for these crimes. It was and still is part of the entirety of regulations aimed at increased protection of minors against sexual abuse and bringing to justice the perpetrators of such acts, including those committed years ago. It is important that the standard of this protection is higher than provided for by international obligations. It should also be emphasized that after the latest amendment, the punishment of the most serious of these crimes does not expire. The aim of the study is to analyze solutions in this area with references to the achievements of legal science and to present my own observations on them.
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